ASIAN DOMINANCE IN ANKARA, MARTIN HORN GETS A BRONZE MEDAL.
06/11/2024
UPDATE: 15/6/2024 Jung Han Heo (South Korea) wins the Ankara World Cup. Phuong Vinh Bao (Vietnam) silver medal. Martin Horn (Germany) and Sameh Sidhom (Egypt) bronze medals. Read more on UMB website. ********** The Ankara World Cup 2024 is running in the TBF headquarter and tomorrow the Q round is scheduled. Some young European talents can be spotted among the athletes that made it to the last round of qualification, just before the last 32. Directly from the... »
THE HOME TEAM OF LAXOU WINS THE COUPE D'EUROPE 5-PINS CLUBS
05/27/2024
THE HOME TEAM OF LAXOU WINS THE COUPE D'EUROPE 5-PINS CLUBS The home team of Laxou won the Coupe d'Europe in front of his own fans in an emotional ambience where the Marseillaise resounded loudly sung by the winners, the runners up and all the spectators. Indeed it was a mostly French podium: the other French team of CMO Morangis lost a very exciting final (3-0 the final score) where the match double was decisive but uncertain until the last shots (120-108). Maxime Jublot and Fabrizio... »
CEB-LONGONI 5-PINS TRAINING CAMP FOR YOUTH
05/26/2024
CEB will arrange a 5-pins training camp for youth, under the supervision of well-known 5-pins instructor Luca Marzio Garavaglia from Italy. The camp will be held in May, 24th to 26th, in Bergisch Gladbach in Germany, in cooperation with the local billiards club. 6 spots will be available at the camp, with priority for the 6 highest ranked federations of the recently held EC 5-pins U21 in Murcia (Italiy, Germany, Denmark, France, Spain and Czech Republic). All costs for the youth are... »
HCMC WC 2024: KIRAZ AND HASHAS GET THE BRONZE, VIETNAMESE OUTSIDER D.M.TRAN WINS, J.T.KIM IS RUNNER UP
05/25/2024
UPDATE: HCMC WC 2024: KIRAZ AND HASHAS GET THE BRONZE, VIETNAMESE OUTSIDER D.M.TRAN WINS, J.T.KIM IS RUNNER UP Vietnamese outsider D.M.Tran wins in front of a an amazing football style cheering crowd. J.T.Kim (South Korea) is runner up. Tolgahan Kiraz and Burak Hashas (Turkiye) get the bronze. Read more on UMB website. HO CHI MINH CITY WORLD CUP 2024: YOUNG FACES ON THE PODIUM The semifinals of the Ho Chi Minh World Cup 2024 will be played tomorrow in... »
CEB SPORT NEWS
05/19/2024
CEB SPORT NEWS Click here for web version in English and French. 1. TRAINING CAMP 5-PINS YOUTH. The weekend of 24-26 May sees 7 young players from Germany, Denmark, France, Netherlands and Czech Republic gather in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, for a training camp in 5-pins under the supervision of 5-pins coach Luca Marzio Garavaglia. The camp will be held at Bergisch Gladbacher Billiards Club, founded in 1926 and located in the same building as Paffrath Integrated Comprehensive School. The... »
8th SWISS OPEN 5 PINS: ITALIANS AND GERMANS ON THE PODIUM
05/15/2024
UPDATE: The Italians and the Germans took all the podium in Zofingen. The event successfully reached its finish line yesterday night with an exciting final match won by the Italian Paolo Infortuna at the last points. Paolo played an excellent billiard throughout all the tournament. The runner up was Max Gabel (Germany), he also showed an excellent technical level. In the semifinal Max eliminated Vincenzo Consagno (Italy) who was the winner of the previous edition. Also on the... »
T.KLOMPENHOUWER WINS THE PREDATOR GP IN GANDIA WITHOUT EMOTIONS.
05/07/2024
DAY 3: T.KLOMPENHOUWER WINS THE PREDATOR GP IN GANDIA WITHOUT EMOTIONS. This is the third edition of the Predator GP and the third victory for Therese Klompenhouwer. She showed once again her supremacy in the European Ladies 3-Cushion field; the gap between the Queen and the other competitors is still there waiting to be filled. Therese won the semifinal in 24 innings against Gulsen Degener (30-14, high run of 7) and then outplayed Guzin Mujde Karakasli in 19 innings (30-6) without... »
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CADRE 71/2: DOUBLE GOLD FOR RAYMUND SWERTZ IN CERVERA
04/29/2024
DAY 6: EC CADRE 71/2, DOUBLE GOLD FOR RAYMUND SWERTZ IN CERVERA The final day of this exciting classic games marathon in Cervera has arrived. The last European Championship in Cervera had today its new king, crowned in a venue competely filled with many billiard lovers. After the gold medal in 47/2 and a bronze in 1-Cushion, Raymund Swertz (NL) took home another gold in the 71/2 discipline. It's the fourth gold for Swertz who already won in 71/2 three times: in 2013,... »
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 3-CUSHION U25, BURAK HASHAS KEEPS HIS TITLE.
04/27/2024
DAY 3: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 3-CUSHION U25, BURAK HASHAS KEEPS HIS TITLE. Turkish young talent Burak Hashas successfully defended the U25 3-Cushion title taking home the gold medal for the second time in a row. He defeated the French Maxime Panaia in the final match with the score of 40-24 in 20/19 innings. The match was somehow undecided until the 10th inning (13-11 for Burak) when Burak scored a run of 11 that changed the story. From there on Panaia had to pursue but could not shorten the... »
EC 3-CUSHION INDIVIDUAL: THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION IS TORBJÖRN BLOMDAHL.
04/13/2024
DAY 6: 3-CUSHION INDIVIDUAL: THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION IS TORBJÖRN BLOMDAHL. The most important and awaited CEB competition of the sport season 23/24 reached the finish line today, closing a 6 days marathon of exciting 3-cushion billiard. Torbjörn Blomdahl (SE) is the new European Champion 3-Cushion Individual. He clashed with Martin Horn this afternoon in the TBF headquarter in Ankara. For the German player this was the third final of an European Championship... »